Author Archive: Neal Fischer
Vacancy
I’m sure you have seen the numerous advertisements for Vacancy all over the place. The trailer was intriguing, and it looked like a decent thriller. You have Luke Wilson shedding his squinty-eyed romantic comedy skin and the gorgeous and talented Kate Beckinsale playing his wife. They get caught in a motel run by Frank Whaley [...]
Lucky Number Slevin
You have seen the trailers. They were everywhere. The one question that has plagued everyone is “Is it Lucky Number Seven, or Slevin?” Well ladies and germs it is “Slevin”. This is the first name of the main character, and of a race horse shown in a flash back in the film. It is not [...]
Stay Alive
Whenever I hear the words “video-game” and “movie” I usually think of a really bad video-game adaptation by German director Uwe Boll. He has brought us such stinkers as House of the Dead, Alone in the Dark and Bloodrayne. And it seems that he is still on his video-game kick, because he is also going [...]
The Shaggy Dog
Not since Robert DeNiro in “Raging Bull” has an actor immersed himself completely into a role like Tim Allen does in “The Shaggy Dog”… …Ok that is definitely stretching it, but I almost had you there didn’t I? Tim Allen stars as Deputy District Attorney Dave Douglas. He is a father of two and a [...]
Running Scared
Crystal Meth making John Wayne obsessed Russian guy? CHECK! Creepy whispering hobo who lives in tree houses? CHECK! Materialized evil in the form of wandering shadow? CHECK! Self-proclaimed Mack Daddy pimp who quotes Scarface? CHECK! To think, these are just some of the many colorful characters writer/director Wayne Kramer has created for his film Running [...]
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